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THE LIFE OF LINCOLN,
By HIS CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARIES,
JOHN G. NICoLAY AND COLONEL
JOHN HAY.

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JOHN G. NICoLAY AND COLONEL
JOHN HAY.
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TID.RITB.

The weared, wearying chestnuter sighs :
This weather would never be mist"
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A Clever newfoundland Dog.

Rattelty bangl rattelty bang-down the
street clattered tin can tied to the tail Of q
poor, fr:rdless and frightened dog! A
crowd d D0ys followed at the runaways
heels, with cries and shouts, increasing alike
his terror and his speed, until at last he had
distanced his pursuers, but not, alasl that
horribly noisy thing that clattered and ratified
at his heels. Thoroughly tired as thoroughly
terrified, the poor dog looked to right and left
as he ran for help or shelter. At length he
spied at the corner of a cross street, not far
away, large, friendly looking Newfound-
land dog. With piteous cries and an innplor-
ing look the exhausted dog dragged himself
and his noisy appendage to the Newfoundland
and looked to him for help. Nor was his appeal
UNDECIDED, for the Newfoundland seemed to
appreciate the position and at once showed
himself to be a generous dog. A patient
knawing at the string finally released the
can, and then, lifting it in the air, the New
foundland flung it from him with triumph
ant toss of the head, while the other dog joy
ously bounded up from his crouching position
thankful to be rid of the troublesome
burden which his human tormentors had in
ficted upon him-St Nicholas.
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Wedding Dresses.


Ivory white satin and faille franchise are
equally fashionable for wedding dresses this
season. No bride is considered too young to
wear satin, yet lustrous corded silk makes a
more youthful looking gown. The old fash
toned heavy gros grain is also used again.
The Pompadour basque, with square neck
and elbow sleeves, is revived, and rivals the
V-necked corsage, being especially suitable
for dresses worn at church weddings in the
daytime. Tulle wrought with seed pearls for
front drapery and family lace draped down
each side are on Worth's latest creation for
an American bride. The train is of great
length. very full and bouffant, but straight
and without trimming on the ends. Revers
covered with pearls are next the square open
neck, and form cuffs on the sleeves. A
repped silk gown for young bride has q
tablier front Of pearl fringe with netted bead
ing and long separate strands reaching from
the waist to the foot. A satin gown for a
very young bride has q pointed waist with v
neck, half sleeves and straight train with
its fullness widely shirred on the tournure.
Brides who object to artificial flowers omit
them altogether, using some pearl passemen-
terie and separate ornaments for draping the
lace or tulle; the bouquet for the corsage is
also dispensed with, though spray Of natural
orange blossoms Is added there and in the
couture The vail, whether Of tulle or Of
Lace, is fastened with the many. jeweled pins
which are now favorite wedding gifts A
prayer book bound In vellum or In old silver
is sometimes carried in the hand instead of a
bouquet, and high church brides approach
the altar without gloves.-Harper's Bazar
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take this counsel, and 60 away unblessed. !
cannot help asking what will be the destiny
OF these peoplei So I never care whether Il
comes into the text or not; mover leave my
place on this platform without telling them
that now Ia tho accepted time, and to some,
perhaps. the last time.
Xerxes looked of ON his army. There
were 100000 men-perhaps the finest army
ever marshaled. Xerxes rode along the
lines, reviewed them, came back stood on
some high point, looked of upon the 2. OOO, 600
men and burst into tears. At that moment,
when every one supposed he would be in the
greatest exnltation, he broke down In grief.
They asked him why he wept. "Ah, he
said, II weep at the thought that so soon all
this host will be dead" So stand looking of
upon this host Of immortal men and women
and realize the fact, as perhaps no man can,
unless he has been In similar position, that
soon tho places which know you now win
know you no more, and you will be gone
whittier 7 whittier There Is stirring idea
which the roet put in very peculiar verse
when he said;
IT'S not for man to triAe; life Is brief,
And sin IL here;
Our age Is but the falling Of leaf
dropping tear.
Not many lives, but only one have we
One, only one;
How sacred should that one life ever be-
That narrow span.
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Surplice Plating.

Skirts plated surplice fashion will be fash.
ionable this summer, and dresses Of light
woollen MATERIAL such as vailing barege,
etamine and very fine French cashmere, are
made thus, the plated skirt falling over an
under one of some light silk, taffetas or fou-
lard. 1t is pretty to have a tight fitting
jacket made Of the silk, and opening with
square facings over chemisette plated like
the upper skirt, and of the same material
But if bodice Of the fancy wooden fabric is
preferred, it should be lined with silk and
made entirely plain, with the exception of
the front part, which is plated in the shape
OF plastron. To make the skirt look less
plain it is sometimes caught up SO as to form
sort of limp putting round the waist; bow
OF ribbon is placed at the side, at the waist
line, and another below the putting, with flow
ing ends This model, however, does not suit
all figures. Another style is the tunic, just
draped at the side over the plated skirt. The
bodice is heightened into short drapery,
caught up with a bow or passementerie agrafe;
it looks more dressy and is more generally
becoming than the mere plated skirt without
any drapery.
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BufYalo Bill in England.

Buffalo Bill, in going to England, deviated
from the usual custom of less illustrious trav-
elers. Instead Of putting himself at once
into the hands of London's tailor, Poole, as
soon as he arrived, he chose to supply himself
with liberal outfit in America, and he
landed on the other side with any amount of
"store clothes" One suit, in which he intends
to pay his respects to the queen, is Of dark
gray; another, in which he will appear at the
queens jubilee as Nebraska's representative, is
two shades of blue. while gorgeous hunting
costume, which, perhaps, will be seen in
Windsor forest, consists of blue corduroy
jacket, gray corduroy trousers and scarlet
and brown waistcoat.-New York Sun.
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MORE PROFITABLE THAN COTTON.

A Comparatively New Textile Fabric
That Has Been introduced.
Rewards aggregating $4,000 have been
offered for the past few years by various for
eign governments, particularly the English,
French and Chinese, to the man that could
invent machine that would spin raime into
yarns Raime is often called Chinese grass
1t grows about four feet high. 1t is a peren-
NAL plant, and throws out numerous stems as
thick as the little finger. The fiber Of the
inner bark is the useful portion and can be
removed when the stems are dried. BY rub
bling the stems in the hand the bark peels
OH and leaves this fbrous matter, which Is
very strong, in appearance greatly resem-
bling silk. For many years the Chinese
have been spinning this fiber and weaving it
by hand It makes q durable fabric, not
unlike silk and linen in texture. In France
and England it is used to mix with and add
stability to silk.
A Frenchman has recently invented q ma
chine to take the place of hand work. A large
factory is now being built on the Hudson
river, which will be used for this purpose.
After the yarns are made they can be put on
any loom and manufactured into all kinds of
fabric Ramie in its raw state Is much
stronger than Russian hemp and it is impossi-
bic to break it by using any ordinary force.
When manufactured it can be used in almost
any material. Ramie was first introduced into
this country in 1867 in the Botanical gardens
at Washington. It was grown in Jamaica in
1854. 1t is easier to raise than cotton, and
three crops can be obtained each year. It can
be raised from seed. India, Egypt and China
are best suited for raising ramie. It sells in
the raw state at about seven cents pound or
little cheaper than cotton, but more money
can be made out Of ramie, because it requires
less attention and realizes in larger quantities
New York Mail and Express
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Lace plays conspicuous part just now, moi
only for trimming dresses, but also for fichus
hats and bonnets. When bodice is cut Out
square or shaped in front, q lace clemisette
is worn with it, or should the front be filled
up with another material, loose fichu with
the crossed ends disappearing under the open
ing is worn. Lace sleeves, either black or
white, are characteristic for evening wear
and SO is lace drapery. We must also name
hounces and tablier trimmings made of costly
point lace, or splendid imitation, with the out
lines OF the pattern marked out with fine gold
thread.
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Unmelodious and Unmusical.

The tendency of Germans to exchange I'M
melodious Teutonic names for equally I'M
musical English patronymics is on the in
crease. Several signs on Broadway business
places, bearing the names of Heavenrich,
Morningstar, Hammerslough, etc., is proof of
this weakness. Himmelreich and Morgen-
stern are not exactly harmonious names, but
from people IMMERSED in the German tongue
they command the respect due to words of
unknown significance. Done into English
they donot sound well, and they look absurd.
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A Trick Of War.

LIE Paris says that the German drummers
and trumpeters are practicing the French
beats and calls, in order to deceive their enc
mics in battle It also says that in many
engagements in the war of 1870 the COM
mand to cease firing was often given to the
French infantry by German buglers; and
that the command to halt sounded by the
same buglers often stopped a charge Of
French cavalry, and placed them in a posi-
ton where they could be moved down.
New York Sun.
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Excitement in Texas.

Great excitement has been caused in, the
vicinity of Paris, Tex, by the remarkable
recovery of j. E. COrley, who was SO help
less that he could not turn in bed, or raise
his head; everybody said he was dying of
consumption. A trial bottle of DR.. Kings
New Discovery was sent him. Finding re-
lief, he bought large bottle and box of
had taken two boxes of pills and two bot
ties of the Recovery, he was well and gain
ed in flesh thirty-six pounds. Trial bottles
of this Great Discovery for consumption
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H. G. DAYS Drug Store
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BOSTON MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Bosro' I. May 2.

Flour and Grain.
FLOUR Michigan stone gr0unl o. ~ ~ 10 Dbl.
CORN-sieuner yellow $40; mixo '2053,.
OATS-ChOic, clipped 1sl8.
The above quOtat ons are for car lots.
Provisions.
?ORK-Prime mess SIG IS eel7.2I v hit ham,
l2a 1879
FRESH BEEF-Choce steers $50 W. iiyis no
MUTrON-Lsm'a 9oi0o Tor extr fair $50
Farm Produce. go. ,
BUTTER-Western extra fresh made creamery ~
G2c fresh imitation choice 10 s20c; Vermont dairy
exLrt 'Oo22.
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GENERALIZATION new iJAls,.
POULTRY - Turkeys. westrl frozen. l50lsS
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In the illustration are shown two exceed
ingly tasteful dresses. One is designed for q
child from to years of age This dress is
of blue zephyr with vest of white pique,
trimmed with blue crepe zephyr and diamond
shaped pearl buttons The remaining dress
is for little girl from 8 to 10 years of age.
In this the kilt is of red and blue striped, all
wool material. The bodice is of blue, and
the trimmings are of velvet, silk cord and
buttons. The above models are from The
Ladies' Journal
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Twenty-Five years ago Albert Ellis, of
Winslow, filled up a clay pipe for good
smoke. He used only half of its contents.
for on the next day he went to the war. He
survived and came home, but did not finish
that smoke until a few days ago, when he
happened to find the old pipe, partly empty,
just as he had left it.-Lewiston (Me.) Jour.
mi
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Pearls Before Swine,

There is genuine case OF pearls before
swine ut MERGED, Cal. At that point the San
Joaquin river is very low, and In many places
the river bed and the bottom of the large
sloughs erc covered with fresh water mussels.
Pearls nj fair color arc sometimes found In
these bivalvcs. At present droves Of hogs are
eating tho mussels, pearls and all. Tho pork
of the pearl fed swine is not at all palatable.
Kansas City Times
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Mrs Berry was hanged, not long ago, in
Oldham, England, for the murder of her
daughter. Recently an auction sale of her
effects was held. The result was great
financial success The weird interest attach
ing to muIderer's relics added an unwonted
value to her belongings A ball dress brought
Els
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In summer fabrics dress sleeves are made
IN many instances quite dressy, and show
more trimming than is admissible on a plain
coat sleeve. The designs in the illustration
here shown give two pleasing patterns that
may be copied by any lady reader. In one
figure is represented sleeve made of figured
muslin and trimmed with band and bows of
ribbon. The other figure shows sleeve of
cashmere with trimmings of velvet and silver
buttons.
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are agreed that it has been peopled for about
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Little Girls Dresses.

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ing all power, will he not stretch out bis arm
and deliver you? He will. He is mighty to
save. He can level the mountain and divide
the sen, and can extinguish the fire and save
the soul. Not dim Of eye, not weak Of arm,
not feeble of resources, but with all eternity
and the universe at his feet Go and tell
Jesus. Will youe Ye whose cheeks are wet
with the night dew of the grave; ye who
cannot look up; ye whose hearts are dried
with the breath of a sirocco: in the name of
the religion Of Jesus Christ, which lifts every
burden and wipes away every tear and de-
livers every captive and lightens every dark
ness implOre you now go and tell Jesus,
A little child went with her father, sea
captain, to sea, and when the first storm
came the little child was very much fright
ened, and i'll the night rushed out Of the cabin
and said: "Where is fathera where is father?"
Then they told her: Father is on deck guild
ing the vessel and watching the storm" The
little child Immediately returned to her berth
and said: ats all right, for fathers on
deck" Oh, We who are tossed and driven in
this world, up by the mountains and down by
the valleys, and at your wits end, want you
to know the Lord God is guiding the ship.
Your Father is on deck. He will bring you
through the darkness into the harbor. Trust |
In the Lord. Go and tell Jesus. Let me say |
that If you do not you will have no comfort |
here, and you will forever be an outcast and |
a wanderer. Your death will be a sorrow.
Your eternity will be a disaster.
But if you go to him for pardon and SYM
pathy, all is well. Everything will brighten
up, and joy will come to the heart and sorrow
will depart; your sins will be forgiven and
your foot will touch the upward path; and
The shining messengers that report above
what is done here will tell it until the great
arches of God resound with the glad tidings,
# now, with contrition and full trustfulness
If soul, you win only go and tell Jesus
But / am oppressed, when look over this
audience, at the prospect that some may not